Prosecutors said Schirmer murdered Betty Jo by hitting her in the head with a crowbar, then staging a car accident.

"The death of Betty -- of 'Bets' -- was not an accident," said prosecutor Michael Mancuso.

That was in 2008. Nine years earlier, Schirmer's first wife, Jewel, died under similar circumstances in Lebanon County. He goes on trial there in March.

"The injury patterns so similar between the two women, the circumstances, that sort of thing," said Mancuso.

Prosecutors brought Jewel Schirmer's death up at trial, something his lawyer said swayed the jury. Defense attorney Brandon Reish said he may use that to ask for a new trial. Prosecutors also said Schirmer had several affairs.

"The prosecution went to great lengths to suggest that the affairs were the motive, but there was no financial motive," said Reish. "There was no life insurance."

Mancuso said infidelity was never the sole motive.

"Yeah, he was a philanderer, but I'm not saying that he killed because he was a philanderer," he said.

For Betty Jo Schirmer's family, the verdict was little justice.

"Terrible, terrible thing," said Lurch. "It's just not going to bring her back. Don't matter what you do to the man."

Arthur Schirmer will be sentenced for this murder in March, just as he's set to go on trial for his first wife's death.

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